Its a well written adventure. i would say that i think the creator was confused about Imps and mistook their personalities with Quasits. also i did like the fact that Blinsky was mentioned in the mod but it felt like a cliche easter egg and i dont get the motive for it being here. still a fun read through. cant wait to run this at PAX South. gonna set up some spooky sounds for the final fight.

Brian HJanuary 15, 2019 9:46 pm UTC

Also a enduring Spellbook is mentioned but not on the list of unlockables is it assumed that the characters cant ask the Casslanters to have one made fore them or where they got it? why have it be found but not unlock it? am i missing something?

Jay GJanuary 04, 2019 12:21 am UTC

Back in my younger days playing an adventure over the Christmas break was a regular tradition for my gaming group. I hadn't done it in years until I happened upon Winter's Splendor in Dragon+

My group and I really enjoyed the adventure. It was nice to do something that was a bit heavier in role-playing and lighter in terms of actual combat.

I ran three 1st level PCs through the adventure and they found the combats they ended up in a reasonable challenge but I can see how if you were running a larger group or level 3 or 4 PCs through the adventure you would want to adjust the encounters accordingly.

I'm really hoping to see more 'thinking' adventures in the near future.

Thanks for giving us a great fun session!

Jay GJanuary 06, 2019 2:41 am UTC

Just thought to add this after my initial comment. These are 2 of the 3 PC models we used for the game. Just thought I'd share :)

https://worlds-in-conflict.blogspot.com/2019/01/one-shot-pcs.html

Jay GJanuary 06, 2019 4:11 pm UTC

Last follow up :) I took some (poorly lit) pictures of two of my baddies for the adventure.

With regard to inner logic, this is probably the worst adventure I have ever read. We couldn't see any reason our character should get into the position dictated in the transition from episode 1 to episode 2, and there simply was not sufficient reason to motivate the insane risk the characters would have to face with the transition from episode 2 to episode 3 (Even looking away from that none in our group were in a position to get the only little piece of information that might work as motivation). That being said, my first time playing wife liked the play trough of the first 2 episodes, so the module isn't all bad at least. I am just surprised to not see anyone else seeming to be bothered by these in my eyes glaring short commings. (I am also a bit sad that there are hardly any attention given at all to what set the events in this adventure in motion. A question I think would be quite obvious for curious characters to try to pursue, even if it might be outside the scope of the immediate threat)

Ben CJanuary 02, 2019 6:14 pm UTC

Enjoyed playing this with my online roll20 group. Thanks for the module, Ashley!
Just for fun, I made a tiny map for the final battle in City of the Dead.
Link is here, if other DMs want to use it: https://drive.google.com/open?id=14i47Nfdy5qYObDc5zdUrp4FH4HdSYHre

Ashley WJanuary 02, 2019 8:59 pm UTC

Thank you, Ben! The map is lovely and I'm glad you enjoyed the adventure!

Frank HDecember 30, 2018 9:20 pm UTC

As another thing that I just noticed when looking for the Pseudodragon stats for the new familiar, well, this kind of creates a major advantage since the MM sidebar for Pseudodragons as familiars kind of creates a mess with magic resistance and the far larger telepathy range...

Frank HDecember 30, 2018 7:32 pm UTC

Played through it and had a lot of fun despite having a character in the party that decided to try disrupting parts of the flow...teifling bards not liking the fact that there's an aasimar bard, go figure.

But this does lead to an immediate question, does the Enduring Spellbook work for as a Ritual Book as well for those with the Ritual Caster feat?

D\'Arcy ADecember 28, 2018 4:48 am UTC

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Ran this for my group for christmas, they had a great time plenty of room for roleplay and the puzzle was challenging but did not slow them down thanks for making this.

Ashley WDecember 28, 2018 5:27 pm UTC

It's great to hear you and your group enjoyed it. Thanks, D'Arcy! :)

Matthew ZDecember 28, 2018 2:00 am UTC

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Great module! Highly recommend for a holiday-themed oneshot. Works well for any group, from newbies to experts.

Ashley WDecember 28, 2018 5:26 pm UTC

Thank you, Matthew! Glad you enjoyed it!

Daniel NDecember 19, 2018 11:37 pm UTC

I greatly recommend this to anyone wanting to get into the Midwinter spirit. Played this with my group tonight, taking them on a dreamscape adventure out of Barovia for a night, and it was a blast! They enjoyed the market a lot, our Aasimar Princess got to meet another Aasimar and talk to them about it, and the murder attempt mystery was appreciated. Chernok pulling a Chip N' Dale christmas disguise was laughed at for a solid minute. I got a little confused about the sigil summoning (I got 1 night to prep this on the fly), but it worked out. My group of 3 players were level 5 so it was really easy (even buffing the last encounter and HP), but that was rather a plus coming from my usually deadly Barovian combat.

Ashley WDecember 28, 2018 5:27 pm UTC

Thanks for sharing your experience! Your comment about Chernok made ME laugh haha! I'm so pleased you and your group had a great time.

Marcello DDecember 19, 2018 1:58 pm UTC

Is there a printer friendly version?

Jonathan SDecember 22, 2018 8:03 pm UTC

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Not that I can find. And attempting to strip the background fails as various attempts with various software seems to indicate that the PDF does not have the printer-unfriendliness as a background element. It's feeling like WotC is becoming actively user-hostile.

jeremy CDecember 18, 2018 12:34 pm UTC

Is the award for helping Aria supposed to be usable by other players?

That is to say, if a character who was given it goes into another module with different characters, can those characters make use of it?

Ashley WDecember 18, 2018 10:34 pm UTC

Hey Jeremy! I will double check on this with the AL team.

Alex MDecember 17, 2018 4:42 am UTC

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We had so much fun playing this adventure on both ends of the table. The writing was superb.

Ashley WDecember 18, 2018 10:35 pm UTC

I'm so glad, Alex! Thanks for leaving a review. :)

Sylvester MDecember 12, 2018 1:40 am UTC

I want to ask about the song reward. Can it be distribute free or the players need TCP to get the song?

Ashley WDecember 18, 2018 10:36 pm UTC

Hey Sylvester! There was another comment about the song so I am clarifying with the AL team. Thanks!

LW BDecember 10, 2018 4:24 am UTC

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Hi, I am DMing LMoP and hooking into W:DH for my group. There has been a request for an interstitial one-shot where I am a player and one of my players DMs. This seems perfect, but not if it spoils anything in W:DH for the temporary DM. What say you, Wizards?

Ashley WDecember 10, 2018 7:12 am UTC

Hello! This module has a few spoilers about one of the main villains in W:DH (the Cassalanters). While the module itself is not a spoiler, some additional lore is provided in the module for context. You could probably mitigate that by omitting the backstory sidebar in chapter 2, or by running your W:DH with one of the other villain options instead. :) Hope that helps!

CHRISTOPHER BDecember 07, 2018 10:43 pm UTC

Just looked over my groups copy, and why is the Villa different than what is in the book?

Ashley WDecember 07, 2018 11:11 pm UTC

Hey Christopher! The general details about the Villa were taken directly from Dragon Heist; however, we didn't want to reprint every detail about the Villa since there is quite a lot to it, and it would have made the adventure too long to play. So it's a condensed version. :) Hope that clarifies!

CHRISTOPHER BJanuary 12, 2019 7:50 pm UTC

Sorry, I was confusing the villa in chapter 3 and this one. That's where my issue was. It was all me! Not you! I swear!

CRISTHIAN C HDecember 07, 2018 6:01 pm UTC

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So , it looks fun but why the rewards of this adventure, didn´t come in the form of cards like the other AL products¿?

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